TEZA 2008

Teza by Haile Gerima (2008)

One of the films gracing the BFI Film Festival this year is Teza. Set in 1970s Ethiopia, the film tells the story of young man, Anberber, returning to his home in Ethiopia after studying at University in Germany.

Anberber is faced with rapid change as he arrives back in his country at the height of the Cold War and under Marxist regime. He witnesses a murder whilst working in a health clinic and finds himself at odds with the gangsters whom are ruining his country.

As he is ordered to take a post in East Germany, Arberber uses this to escape until the Berlin Wall falls and the Ethipoia’s military regime is overthrown for good.

Fast forward a couple of decades, Anberber is now 60 and finally returns back to his village. On first glance all seems well, he finds comfort with his aging mother but realises his feelings of alienation from those around him. He is forever haunted by his brutal past.

Teza is an outstanding social-political film and screens at The Odeon West End on Thursday October 30th.

Tickets are available-See the BFI festival website for more information,.